A Revolution in the Sky
From Hendrix to Hawksmoor, from Whittington to Wikileaks, join a Spy, a Princess, Queens (of both kinds), Rockstars, Revolutionaries and Writers, the UK's most famous artist's model and a host of amazing speakers as we board The London Eye on Thursday June 11th for a special rotation with 32 speakers in 32 capsules.
The pre-show and after-show parties with London DJ soundtrack will be in the gorgeous Georgian Thames rooms of County Hall, rarely accessed by us the public.
Complimentary Aspalls Cyder will be provided in each capsule to help you spin above London..
Thursday 11th June 2015 - 8:00 to 11:00 pm
(Tickets £40 each including a complimentary Aspall Premier Cru Cyder and access to the historic Riverside Rooms in County Hall for a post-event celebration and opportunity to meet with the speakers.)
Stephen Church on KING JOHN - Monarch, b. 1166 Oxford
Tracey Hill on DICK WHITTINGTON - Lord Mayor, b. 1354 Wye Valley
Tracy Borman on ANNE BOLEYN - Queen, b. 1499 Norfolk
Peter Berthoud on HUGH MYDDELTON - Entrepreneur, b. 1560 Wales
Catharine Arnold on WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - Playwright, b. 1564 Stratford
Simon Werret on ISAAC NEWTON - Scientist, b. 1642 Grantham
Iain Sinclair on NICHOLAS HAWKSMOOR - Architect, b. 1661 Nottingham
Kate Berridge on MADAME TUSSAUD - Wax worker, b. 1761 Strasbourg
Dan Cruickshank on ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL - Engineer, b. 1806 Portsmouth
Gavin Stamp on GEORGE GILBERT SCOTT - Architect, b. 1811 Gawcott
Claire Tomalin on CHARLES DICKENS - Novelist, b. 1812 Portsmouth
David McLellan on KARL MARX - Philosopher, b. 1818 Trier
Natasha McEnroe on FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE - Nurse, b. 1820 Florence
Neil McKenna on OSCAR WILDE - Aesthete, b. 1854 Dublin
Carol Seigel on SIGMUND FREUD - Psychoanalyst, b. 1856 Moravia
Matt Brown on ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE - Writer, b. 1859 Edinburgh
Lesley Hall on MARIE STOPES - Sex education promoter, b. 1880 Edinburgh
D.J. Taylor on GEORGE ORWELL - Writer, b. 1903, Motihari
Miranda Carter on ANTHONY BLUNT - Spy, b. 1907 Bournemouth
Brian Robinson on LAURENCE OLIVIER - Actor, b. 1907 Dorking
Anthony Joseph on LORD KITCHENER - Calypso musician, b. 1922 Trinidad
Sue Tilley on LUCIAN FREUD - Artist, b. 1922 Berlin
Charles Moore on MARGARET THATCHER - Politician, b. 1925 Grantham
Paul Willets on PAUL RAYMOND - Porn Baron, b. 1925 Liverpool
William Cook on PETER COOK - Comedian, b. 1937 Torquay
Ian Kelly on VIVIENNE WESTWOOD - Fashion Designer, b. 1941 Tintwistle
David Stubbs on JIMI HENDRIX - Musician, b. 1942, Seattle
Lesley-Ann Jones on FREDDIE MERCURY - Musician, b. 1946 Zanzibar
Robert Elms on STAN BOWLES - Footballer, b. 1948 Manchester
Don Letts on JOE STRUMMER - Musician, b. 1952 Turkey
Jennie Bond on DIANA SPENCER - Princess, b. 1961 Sandringham
Gavin MacFadyen on JULIAN ASSANGE - Activist, b. 1971 Australia